The European Commission awards two million euros to the European University Ulysseus to boost its Innovation Ecosystem

The European Commission has awarded two million euros to the project Compass of the Ulysseus alliance, coordinated by the University of Seville and formed by five other Universities in Europe including Haaga-Helia: the University of Genoa (Italy), the University of Cote d'Azur (France), the Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) and MCI | The Entrepreneurial School (Austria). This action, which is part of the Science with and for Society programme of Horizon 2020 (SwafS), will facilitate Ulysseus' transformation process towards becoming a European university through a common R&I strategy that will in turn consolidate its Innovation Ecosystem.

COMPASS: Leading Ulysseus to become a European University excellence model through Research and Innovation has the goal of consolidating Ulysseus as an excellence model as part of a long-term, shared and integrated joint R&I strategy, in such that it facilitates synergies between the European Higher Education and Research Areas. Thus, COMPASS will support the creation of specific strategies and action plans in order to position Ulysseus as an institutional transformation model.

In the COMPASS project, Haaga-Helia is responsible for Talent and R&I Career development, including development of  researchers transferable and complementary skills by providing courses and training. Haaga-Helia​ will also create a Personal Career Development Plan and mentoring programme for researchers.

The European University Ulysseus, that kicked off last December with a meeting in which the six rectors of the founding universities participated, faces an ambitious ten-year journey that will contribute to shaping the European Research and Education Areas, and thus, the future of Europe. Now, thanks to COMPASS, the alliance will reinforce their joint long-term vision for research and innovation to drive systemic, structural and sustainable impact at all levels of the institutions involved.